The Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms
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Abstract
The collection assembled by the Dutch physician H. J. Vinkhuijzen (1843-1910) consists of over 32,000 diverse pictures from varied sources of costumes mounted in 762 scrapbooks. Elaborate 19th-century European uniforms are the collection's special strength. The aesthetic quality of the images varies, as the collection includes 17th-century festival book prints, 19th-century chromolithographs, original watercolor compositions, pencil drawings, and photographs. Most are plates extracted from illustrated books and magazines. Dr. Vinkhuijzen colored some of the printed images and when printed images were lacking drew others by hand. In general, the pictures are organized by country and time period. The many scrapbooks devoted to Germany and Italy include separate designations for pre-unification states and principalities. Mexico and some other Latin American countries are also represented, but there is no coverage of the United States.
Library locations
Shelf locator: 8-MMEH (Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms)